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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 22, 2025Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at May 22, 2025, 7:59 AM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2025, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Worcester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at May 22, 6:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:24 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	5 hr
May 22, 1:45 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Essex, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 4 more	6 hr
May 22, 6:13 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Essex, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	7 hr
May 22, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	38 min
May 22, 2:41 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 16 more	12 hr
May 22, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester	45 min
May 22, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		43 min
May 22, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester	20 min
May 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	43 min
May 22, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex	25 min
May 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		38 min
May 22, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	36 min
May 22, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	31 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	46 min
May 22, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	48 min
May 22, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	42 min
May 22, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Worcester	30 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.